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TSO will play 2 in Youngstown for 30th anniversary tour

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Trans-Siberian Orchestra will kick off the Christmas season in the Mahoning Valley with two pre-Thanksgiving concerts at the Covelli Centre. Concerts are scheduled at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 22 as part of its 30th anniversary winter tour. The tour will feature a reimagined staging of “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve,” the production that started it all, followed by a second set of TSO favorites. Other area dates on the tour include shows at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19 at Pittsburgh’s PPG Paints Arena and 3 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 22 at Cleveland’s Rocket Arena. The public on-sale ...

Hints from Heloise: Getting grease off clothes

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DEAR HELOISE: Regarding the question on how to get grease out of a jacket, try using hand cleaner and a nailbrush to scrub the stain. This works on all kinds of stains on clothes. Rinse out the jacket and let it air-dry to see if the stain disappears, as you don’t want to dry it through a machine again to set the stain even more. — Carla, in Montana Carla, I’ve not tried this method, but I will the next time that I have a grease stain. Thanks for writing in! — Heloise DEAR HELOISE: When my son was 6, we came home from a function to which he’d worn white pants ...

Woodwind quintet plays with Packard band

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Bravura Woodwind Quintet will join the W.D. Packard Concert Band for its next performance. The group is made up of current and former music educators and features Rebecca Bickel, retired director of bands with Maplewood Local Schools, on oboe; Christine Crucci, director of bands and orchestras in Boardman Local Schools, on bassoon; Monica Meffan, retired music educator with Northwest Local Schools, on flute; Albert Colella, retired director of bands at Poland High School, on clarinet; and James Scanga, retired director of bands with Farrell (Pa.) Area Schools, on French horn. The ...

Gipson finally gets her chance to play ‘Lady Day’

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“Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill” is a show Carla Gipson has wanted to do since the mid ‘90s. That desire becomes a reality Friday when Gipson both directs and stars in the play with music by Lanie Robertson at Hopewell Theatre for a two-weekend run. The show is set in a ...

YSU brings Goodwin, Utley to Stambaugh for free lectures

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A pair of Youngstown State University lectures are scheduled in September at Stambaugh Auditorium. AI expert Jeremy Utley will speak at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17 as part of the YSU Thomas Colloquium on Free Enterprise, and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will speak at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 25 as part of the Skeggs Lecture Series. As an adjunct professor at Stanford’s school of Engineering, Utley has become a Thinkers50 Top Ten Innovation Leader for his dynamic approach to teaching, research and advisory work in the field of AI. He is the author of the best-selling book “Ideaflow: The Only ...

‘Picnic’ serves up 2026-27 TNT season

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Trumbull New Theatre will start its 2026-27 season with a “Picnic.” William Inge’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama will open Friday at the Niles community theater for a three-weekend run. Director Josh Crank first heard of the play when Entertainment Weekly included it on a list of the ...